WSJ seeks a senior data journalist
The Wall Street Journal’s Data Team is seeking a creative data journalist with a strong background in causal inference, economics, political science or quantitative social sciences, with a particular emphasis on explaining real-world phenomena. The ideal candidate should have a deep understanding of how to leverage data to uncover causal relationships, a natural and wide-ranging […]
WSJ seeks host/producer for daily tech podcast
The Wall Street Journal is seeking an experienced, energetic and creative host and producer to be the voice of its daily tech podcast Tech News Briefing and its companion news headline show TNB Tech Minute. In this role, you will be responsible for delivering the most important tech news of the day to the show’s […]
Dow Jones reports slight increases in revenue, earnings
Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com, Barron’s and Investor’s Business Daily, reported a 3% increase in revenue and a 6% increase in operating income for the first quarter. The company, a subsidiary of News Corp., reported revenue of $552 million and EBITDA earnings of $131 million, up from $537 […]
WSJ’s Brown is leaving publication
Ken Brown of The Wall Street Journal is leaving the news organization. He is an adjunct professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism where he teaches investigative reporting. Brown oversaw the Journal’s climate coverage, plus financial risk and investigations. He helped put the Journal back on the map on climate change. The paper’s […]
Jones will not seek another Dow Jones News Fund board term
Dow Jones News Fund President Brent W. Jones announced at the nonprofit journalism training organization’s Nov. 1 annual directors meeting that he would not seek another board term. Jones is senior vice president and editor of training, culture and community at The Wall Street Journal. “It has been a humbling honor to serve as the […]
Miao to cover China economy for WSJ
Wall Street Journal reporter Hannah Miao is moving to Singapore to cover the China economy. She is a reporter for The Journal’s finance bureau in New York, where she covers financial markets with a focus on U.S. stocks. She also reports on individual investors and the platforms they use, including Robinhood, Charles Schwab and E*Trade […]
WSJ’s Eisen to write book about the mortgage market
Wall Street Journal reporter Ben Eisen has signed a contract with Norton to write a book about the mortgage market. The book, tentatively called “The American Dream Machine,” will focus on the rise and reign of the 30-year, fixed rate mortgage, shedding light on how the country’s most important financial instrument operates. Eisen is the deputy personal […]
WSJ’s Daldrup is departing for a new opportunity
Wall Street Journal project manager Till Daldrup is leaving for a new opportunity. He joined in 2019 as training and outreach programming coordinator. Daldrup is a graduate of New York University’s Studio 20, a master’s program focusing on innovation in journalism. He was introduced to the Journal in 2018 as a fellow on the R&D team, where […]
NY Times’ “The Daily” hires WSJ’s Byrne
Maria Byrne has been hired as a senior editor for “The Daily,” The New York Times podcast. Byrne joins the team after serving as supervising editor at “The Journal,” The Wall Street Journal’s daily news podcast. During her time there, she edited daily episodes with a focus on international news. She’s also edited series, including one […]
How WSJ mismanagement put Gershkovich at risk
Maxwell Tani of Semafor writes about how a complicated if mundane Wall Street Journal management mess in Moscow and security decisions in New York may have put reporter Evan Gershkovich at risk. Tani writes, “Journal veterans who spoke to Semafor believe the Journal was naive in three ways. “First, Yekaterinburg isn’t a normal Russian city. It is […]
